Evening Star Newspaper, May 6, 1885, Page 2

> A CITY AND DISTRICT. The Potomae Fisheries. THE CATCH OF SHAD AND HERRING—FISHER- MEX HOPEFUL O¥ A GOOD SEASON, Reports from the fish wharves this morning Tepresent that herring are in profuse supply of excellent quality, and that shad are scarce with indications of a more plentiful supply and of very fine quality. One of the principal dealers told a STAR reporter that he thought the fishing prospects were good, and that next Week they would have no lack of shad and her- ring of excellent quality; that he bad never Seen better herring caughi than are now coming the river. There are not less than 250 gill- nets now in operation in this river, of an aver- age length of 1,200 yard. These all span the width of the river channel and lap the shoal of the stream, and they are all doing Well, are also many trap-nets, which are doing Mr. Geo, B. Faunce has been very suc- essful with his nets, and during the past fifteen days a many herring have been caught as the ers could well attend to. Ragged and White Foints have furnished very many excellent “fish, an ey are still sending up large quanti- The dealer received from Piney’ Point Herday Afty-one barrels of herring, already ked, and 110 barrels from White Point, all ‘condition. These places are now used Se pecking for the sake of convenience. He that the cold weather has kept the fish back, t he anticipates better luck for the next two or three weeks. ‘The weather has had too many cold waves in the mountain regions of the Potomac river trib- the fish are abundant in the bay and lower river waiting togetup. (Other dealers ex- themselves differently, and think the run had is about over. Some of the fish landings heretofore working with diminished gangs ot men to save expenses ‘fare sending for more men. The number of men at Freestone Point has been reduced this year to about seventy, but it is thought that more men will have to be employed. As the case dg this morning the prospects are good for future, and herring are particularly abund- snt. Herring are selling at from_$2 to $3 per shousand. are worth from $15 to $20 per red. Seine fhing ts not so popular as it fo be, and has toa great extent been aban- while other devices are more popular, ‘and gill and trap nets are more in vogue. They are worked at much less expense. ‘The Knight Brothers are reported as doing well, and a hope- fal state of affairs prevails at the’ lower land- ————— The Visit to Gettysburg. RETURN OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE EXCUR- SION PARTY. “fhe President and party and the excursion- its who visited the Gettysburg battle-fleld Mon- y returned to the city at 9:30 o'clock ym. The train reached Gettysburg anout oon, and a great throng of people were assem- bled at the depot tosee the President. Upon + leaving the train the presidential party were driven to the national cemetery, where the ex- ercises of the day were held, under the direc- * tion of ex-Gov. Curtin. Gov, ‘Pattison made a “Brief address on behaif of the commonwealth, welcoming the President and veterans. The President did not respond, but left the {#tand at this time to carry out his program of aing over the whole field of the three days’ ting at Gettysburg; a task for which the {Oars of time allotted was all too short, ‘+s.fter the departure of the presidential party ercises at the-stand were continued by a *fappy and stirring address by Hon. Martin 4 nis, of Montana, who belonged to a Min- ta regiment in the Gettysburg campaign. Gen. J. C. Black followed in an address wel- eoming the veterans, and speaking at length of the historical memories called up by the scenes about them. He described in eloquent language the conflict between the two armies, and paid a glowing tribute to the valor and devotion of the ‘combatants on each side. “We rise to-day,” he said, “upon the errors, the passion, the sacri- flees and devotions of that past, which, by the tremendous energies of our institutions and age, have been already fused and transmuted into the adamantine monuments that mark the fall of error and the establishment of right. Here, towering higher than Cemetery Hill or the Round Tops into the biue Olympian sky of deathiess aud sunny glory, rises the Gettysburg gf freedom, liberty and Jaw. No confined forces threaten eruption.” In conclusion Gen. Blac! ogald: “Chief of the great republic, they who are it to live, salute you. You impersonate the mew and noble order of events, As we turn away from this place, they who here fell that liberty might endure, that freedom might become universal, that the nation might grow in material splendor, and the affections of man- Kind, speaking by their surviving comrades’ feeble lips, cry hail to the incarnate power of yapreading, triumphant and eternal repub- Mr. J. H. Stine read a letter from the Comte de who had been invited to be present, ex- pressing regret at his inability at this time to ross the ocean, as he wrote, “in order to wit- ness& sight which is, I believe, without parallel in the bloody history of mankind. I believe it Bas never happened before that the military Je of two armies should, after twenty i. meet in friendly converse on the battle- leld to discuss every debatable point in the his- tory-of the great struggle in which they risked is Uyes, the one against the other.” i nighta camp fire was held by the vete- court-house at Gettysburg. Gen. ~ presided, and Gens. Rosecrans, Carney, Robinson and Doubleday delivered orations, eee ‘Transfers of Real Estate. *» Deeds in fee have been recorded as follows: ~ Martha J. Hunt to Emelie M. Darnielle, part 4, 8q. 559; $1,000; Commissioners D. C. to Olivia M. Scala, lot_ 237, Uniontown; $—. Glen W. Gooper to 5. c G. Kennedy, part 11, block 11; Le Droit; $100. ‘Samuel Norment to Ida Nor ment, paris 6 and 7, sq. 399; $4,500. Ida Nor- ment to 8. Norment, w. 4g 1), sq.575, and subs. 1010.13, sa. 29; $4,500. ‘Sarah M. Sampson to o™ hran, part 15, sq. 822; $—. E, mons to Amanda Gladden, lot 21, onpart of Chichester; $100. J.T. Waiker to J. N. Walker, t9, Res. B, and lois 19and 20, sq. 1,110; Elizabeth E. Straining to August Vogels- .0.e. part 38. Hawe's sub. Mt. Pleasant, $2. Mary H. Forrest to H.'8. Cummings, Bo, Bea 5 ory i. tonne hae or Pe es a 1 B00. A. U. ¥ in to ‘% . Hills, lot 40, sq. 363; G.W.Simms to L. you, part 1, 8q. 556; 400. M. G. Emery to L. M. Cornwall, fot At ail lot "A" ec, 952: $8,000. Mary it Rover \ 8q. 2 5 ,. toH. S. Cummings, lot 17, sq. 126: % - to S. Maddox, lots 4 and 15, sg. 175; Christiana F Osborne to Mary F. Cul- , lot 23, sq. 208: $—. A. P. Crenshaw to Alexande: sq. 94, a. KR. rick to F.D. Neale, lot 33, 417; 1,600. Henry Johnson ‘to Mary C. Levi, 4; $q- 620; $1,700. J. Joy Edson to lot 5, |- 943; $4, ‘0. E. Camm: W.€. Todd to W. Le Haghes WE Th ae oe: C 5 e8, lot 027; 400. Chas, Herman to Catherine ‘ge: Bali, lot sub. 8q. 623; $1,750. Catherine R. Lati- in _F. Waggaman, lots 34 to 48, sq. 2; $—. W.H.F i, Jt, to John Baciga- Ppl, lot A. sq. 227: $1,740." O. P. G. Clark to Laura A. Fitnt and Fannie J: Barreit. pt. 16, 4) $2,500, ‘Saran E. Shepherd to Ih Ro Heald, sq. bey, 8q- 860; $1,800. I. G. Kimball to J.C. ; part 9, sq. 157; $3,700. Georze E. Em- “maons lo Amanda Gladden, lot 21, Chichester; ‘$400. Mary Ingersoll to C. G. Thom, lot 31, 12, H.& E.'s sub, Meridian Hill. g700. 4 Sherman to Susan Gangewer, jot 36, Columbia Heights; $1,007.50. G. ir to J.C. bauer sgt 11 and lot 2 it Park; $——. C. J. Hi ‘Fiem! tilda B. ‘impson to C. Brown, 5 rt lots 6 and 6, sq. 280. $7,800. Chapin Brown to Addie 'Sitipson, suiae roperty: 900, John Downing t9 Juliaa. bowning, & 8q. 279:$ —. C. H. Knight, trustee, t Isaac Young, lot 22 and part 23, 94.302; 9 w. jay to James N. Carpenter, sub.25, $9, 760; $6,850, Jennie A De Shields to E. A’ fewman, lot 6, block 39, sub. n. grounds Go lumbia University; $400. 'L. M. Gregory to W. 8. Gregory and Alice T. Elisw: interest 1 Seett's Blunder, (76% acres), port. of Wine and lary In and ‘part Seat Pleasant, ( acres}; $1,000. Ralph Jefferson to C.F. Bane: dog.1, block 8, H. & Es sub. Meridian Hill $1,500. Clara’ C: Hammett to Arthur A. Bir. and 60, sq. 748; 00. Lethia A. ja A.C. and FE. E. Pinkney, part 11, 350, & to ‘add. . ‘A. Featson, pt. 12, Band Head oo ‘earson, pt 2 an .'s $2,000. A Prescription for Miss Ringold’s Eyes. ‘The Wi correspondent of the Pitts- burg Times writes: “The father of Gen. . J. Hunt, just appointed superintendent of the Soldiers’ Home, was one of the homeliest men 4m Washington. He wasa physician. Afterhe hhad practiced his profession for a time he mar- Fied @ Miss Ringold, one of the handsomest Young ladies in all of Marylan@. This story of the marriage has been told me by an old Wash- Ingtonian: ‘One time I was visiting General Jackson's family re oct f when he was an occu; itor ihe White House. Ptaken z was alow, Bot’ wishing 0 dist rb a wi urb me eS ee ae fire an @ conve Lhe the general = , “Hani ano youever ypen to marry ingold?’ “Pl tell you,’ sald the ph “When she was hool her eyes were ‘jured and she was blinded. I was i iF l 33 i F my wrote, ‘Dr. Hun’ "and must Sllowed, end econ after Bela’ eid the Rodicin £2 anaged to make et tobe q I é The Hormons Pretest. A DECLARATION OF GRIEVANCES AND A DE- FENSE OF POLYGAMY, The Mormon authorities bave forwarded to the President a declaration of grievanees and protest against the arrest and conviction of Mormons on the charge of unlawful cohabita- tion. The declaration 1s addressed to the Presi- dentand people of the the United States, and itis throughout a defense of polygamy. doou- ment, which is 8 long One, eon a8 fol- lows: We protest against unfair treatment on the part ofthe general government. We protest against a continuance of territorial bondage, subversive of the rights of freemen and contrary to the spirit of American institutions. We protest against special le; ition, the result of rejudice and religious interference. tes against the conscience of one class of citi- zens being made the criterion by which to judge another. We it the of federal officials and the continuance in office of men who di their and use their official pawers asa means of oppression. We rotest against the partial administration Rie Edmunds law—the punishment of one class for practicing their religion and exempting from prosecution the votaries of lust and crime. We protest against the breaking up of family relations formed previous to the passage of the Edmunds law and the depriving of women and children of the support and protection of their husbands and fathers. We protest against the rosecution of persons, er ‘of whom are in- Erm and ‘aged: who entel into plural mar- before it, was declared acrime and have never violated any law. We ly asic for the appointment by the President of a com- mission to fairly an thoroagily investigate the Utah situation, and ae its report we solemnly protest against the continuance of this merciless crusade. ———_+e0e_____ Self-made Men of Washington. ‘Washington Cor. Philadelphia Record. ‘Washington has her “Silas Laphams,” al- though you don’t hear much about them, The general idea seems to be that everybody in ‘Washington who has money brought it with him when he came here. Thisis nottrue. Of course, there are only one or two people in Washington who could be called rich in New York. But of the men who are called rich here only a very few came here rich. Most of them =e Sees and their fortunes right eee, where you hear young men say eve! : ou, can’t make any money in Washing ot You can’t in the way they set about to it, But W. W. Corcoran, our banker benefactor and hisold partner, now 4d Sue Ww. See aoe started in life here without a dolla The three Willards— reer ey Henry and Caleb — who seem to be gradually ‘aequiring all the desirable real estate in town, came ‘here as hotel stewards. John W. Thompson, now the president of one of the best banks in Lown, and jargely interested in half a dozen enterprises, was a r plumber here before the war. Alex- ander R. Shepherd, the re-creator of the city, was his Spprentice, and successor in business, There are dozens of less well-known men—ali the men, in fact, who contro] the important financial and commercial concerns of —who knew what poverty was twenty or twenty five years ago, and who bave cliinbed up by honest effort. All the men who are most prominent in the life of the town, except a few ofthe younger generation, are as truly “sel&made” as any of the successful men com- monly so-called in other cities. The chances ofa respectable degree of success, too, are just as g hereaselsewhere. All this was sug- ested to me by the death, the other day, of a ine old Irishman—a paving and building con- tractor— who had accumlated a qi Fr of & million by many years of hard work, and at the same time a somewhat remarkable degree of influence in his quarter of the community. He could scarcely read and write, and knew practially nothing of theoretical _arith- mnetic, yet as he was shrewd and quick at a bargain, and could figure out the terms of a contract like a “lightning calculator.” He was not only bright, quick and energetic but am out id and venturesome, and le money often ou of prects whieh ‘is frlends predicted woul be failures. He was a success and a standin, contradiction to the theories about the “bus! ness opportunities” of Washington, With his success he lived very simply in his big, handsome home; his wife was dead, his chil- dren at school, and he occupied onlya portion of it. He thought more about his church than his home. He was largely instrumental in the erection of the fine cathedrayiee, edifice known as St. Dominic’s chureh, recen: ir jed by fire, and he met his death through exposure to Wet Weather in the attempt to collest subscrip- tions toward its repair. In all thet is written about Washington you see very little of any of the phases of its real life. Why They Can't Cateh a Bali Thrown from the Top of the Washington Mon- ument. From the Sporting Life. Apropos of the attempt of a number of ball Players to catch a ball dropped from the top of the Washington monument, and the opinions expressed as to the ability of any one to accom- plish the feat, the question arises if any of them has an {dea of the velocity acquired by a ball dropped from a height of 550 feet by the time it strikes the ground. The experiment was tried by Paul Hines, Trott, Charlie Snyder, Phil , and others, but none succeeded in holding it. Prt Now the fact is that a ball so di has a velocity of 187 feet persecond when It strikes the ground. This velocity ean be better com- prehended by comparing it with a batted bail, The longest hit which the writer has any knowledge of was made by George Wright at Indianapolis, when the ball struck the ground @ few inches over 200 yards. The ball, in this instance, was hit into the air at an angle of about 48 Jegrees—the most favorable angle for a lon, Without giving the formula, I will state that, as nearas can be calculated, the angle and the distance being given, the initial velocity of the ball in this case ts found to be about 100 feet per second. Allowing the same ball to have been hit in the same dinection, at the same le, with sufficient force to give it the same velocity at the starting point that it acquires in falling from the monument top, it would have gone 4 yi ‘Would any of the players like to take hold of a line hit, of thesame force, at short field? In regard tothe above, the New York Com- Advertiser mW riting of the efforts of baie bat jlayéts to “ ‘of the e: of rs catch a ball dropped from the top of gexer io ington montiment, a writer In a 9] ing news: paper tells of the “longest hit” at ball, and says that the ballon that “was bit ‘occas! into the air at an angle of about 45 degrees— the most favorable Scio fora long hit.” The only trouble with the statement in the last clause quoted is that itis not true, Both the theory and practice of artillery firing show that the most favorable angle for a long shot, with a given Initial foree, is not 48 d but about 3 degrees, to the ‘plane of the ion. Given @ specific chi of powder, a ball will be sent further afield from cannon elevated to 28 de- grees, or about tha an from one elevated to any other angle whatever, and the same is true of a base ball projected by’ the stroke of a bat.” TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT FEET QUITE ENOUGH, From the Phiiadelphia Press, Whether or not one could cateh a ball thrown from the top of Washington Monument led the catcher of « local base ball club to make a simt- lar trial recently from the top, of the water works weananine in Erte, Pa. e height was 248 feet, and upon the’ seventh attempt the deed was accomplished, but the catcher declared the sphere weig! ton. ————+¢——__ Wednesday Whatnots. If the offices sought the men, professional pol- iticians would get left. The of could never find any of them at home,—Philadelphia Call. In China and Japan every land owner has to plant @ certain numaber ‘Ol trees Out im the wild er in shie erent » it oo AR res} ‘who does ni ‘a man.-Peora “What pains a father more than the cry of his infant child?” asks some one. We don't ‘now unless it is the cry of his infant twins.— Boston Post. “Now, sir,” said a man in defense of the 16+ ni Miss ‘Temperance }ppinions. ‘From the Living Tasue. | ‘The following appeal to girls was jrritten by Elizabeth Cleveland, the present mistress of the White House, and wes published in the Youth's Temperance Banner, February 18,1882 RESPONSIBILITY OF GIRLS IN TEMPERANCE WORK. J. G, Holland wrote in Mrs, Hayes’ album these words: “Women only can make wine @rinking unfashionable and heal the nation of this curse.” What aia Dr. Holland mean by women only ? Is is true that only women can make wine drinking unfashionable and heal the nation of this curse? You and I need to know this first, if only we women can do this thing, why, its anawful responsibility upon. us, eac! one of us. And if some! else can do it,we,like ail the others, would like to give that soinebody else the job. ' Five years ago at Washington Mrs. Hayes became mistress of the White House, aad it was for her,and no one else,to sa) what the social atmosphere should be whic! surrounded her guests, and how they should be entertained at her house. Well, she did an un- heard-of thing. She banished wine from all her entertainments, with just one exception. Becrshary Val made a fuss, mortified... Ne could not endure to hu lord and “lady English, count and countess French, baron and baroness German come to the White House dinners and have nothii fit for them to drink—not a drop of poison! Yraautterly queer! Bo Mrs. Hoyer made one exception in favor jose _ great foreign high- esses, and allowed wise upon her teblocin their presence. But only for once. Her con- sclence—high-souled woman that she is—smote for that one little cowardly compromise with . She could betterendure to have Secretary Evarts and. the Smiths ashamed of her than to be ashamed of herself. So she nietly and forever after prohibited wine fro er table, and cheerfully endured the lifte eyebrows and shrugged slioulders of the diplo- matics, British, Frehch, Russian—all, and the little short-lived hiss of “fashionable” society until that hiss turned toa cheer, and_fashiona- ble society turned around, like the spaniel it is, and trotted on behind its’mistress, It became unfashionable to serve wine and to offer wine in fashionable society while Mrs. Hayes wus in the White House. ‘What Mrs, Hayes did in the White House every woman can doin herown home if she will, If the girls who read these words will each of them, all together, use their influence on the side of temperance, they can make tem- rance fashionable where they are, Will you Jo i Gen. Grant does @ manly thing in refusing to drink wine everywhere and in all society. It is only @ strong man who can keep his wineglass Upside down—in this case right side up, too, — while all the grand people around him are sip- ping champagne and toasting each other in sparkling drinks: No one can tell how “tar this Uttle candle sheds its light.” But no man can do for a fashion in society what a woman can. It is women only, as Dr. Holland said. I wish some strong, bright 1 stood before you just now, while you read, girls, to flash be- fore’ you, as no words of mine can, the power ou possess to help orto hinder the cause of mperance; to inake you feel your responst- bility, becatise you are ‘iris, in the matter; to shudder at its weight, and 16 never cease trying to fulfil it! Doubtless you have heard a great deal about the value of your smiles; but do you you know the value of your frowns? I wish I could make you feel the value of your frowns, and the importance of knowing just what to frown upon. What aman must do by a blow a woman can do by a frown. When the time comes that the young man_who now shares his time in your society and the saloon, who jokes about temperance fn your presence, and takes @ glass socially now and then, is made to feel hat these things cannot be if you are to be his companion at party, ride or church; that good society cannot tolerate these things {n its mem- bers; in short, that this kind of man is unfash- fonable and unpopular—then alcohol will trem- ble on its throne, and the lquortraffic will hide its cancerous face, Lord Churchill's Sayage Attack. HE DECLARES GLADSTONE MADE A “BASE, COWARDLY SURRENDER” TO RUSSIA—-THE VOTE OF CREDIT PASSED BY A LARGE MA> JORITY. Mr. Gladstone in the house of commons and Earl Granville in the house of lords made lengthy statements Monday regarding the English understanding with Russia, in eftect about as indicated in THE STAk’s special cable | dispatches from London. At the close of Mr. Gladstone's statement Lord Randolph Chureh- Sil, the young conservative leader, arose and at once launched into asavage attack upon the government. He argued that the announce- ment Just made on behalf of the government Was 8 terrible ploce of news to those anxious for the security of the Indian empire. “The gov- ernment," cried out his lordsh!p, “have made a base, cowardly surrender of every point at issue to Russia, Tgreatly fear that asa resuit we have lost India.” ‘In regard to the Afghans, Lord Churchill insisted that the Russians long Ago passed the boundary which they had prom- ised to respect as the rightful frontier line of the Ameer's dominion. In 1882 a series of pledges Wefo voluntarily given by Russia. concerning the boundary, and all of them had been delib- erately broken. The vote of credit of $55,- 000,000 was then passed by the house by a vote of 180 to 20. A motion by Mr. Labouchere to reduce the credit from fifty-five to thirty-five millions was lost by a vote of 79 to 29. In an Indian Mound. GIGANTIC SKELETONS AND INDIAN PIPES AND VESSELS FOUND IN OHIO. A dispatch from Homer, Ohio, says one of the most important discoveries of the many made in that prolific field of Indian mounds was made near thereon Monday. Beneath a small mound at five feet below the normal surfuce five gigantic skeletons, with their feet to the east, were found in a grave with a stone floor, Remnants of burned bones and chareoai were plentiful, together with numerous stone ‘vessels ‘and weapons, The skele- tons are of enormous size, the head of one being the size of a wooden bucket. ‘The most striking articles besides the skeleton was a beautifully finished stone pipe, the bowl large and polished and engraved with considerable care in a simple way, with figures of birds and beasts; a knife shaped like a sickle reversed and having a wooden handle held by leather thongs, and a kettle holding perhaps six quarts. ‘Those who know say this find is one cane —— in America and perhaps the most inable. — 9 —____. A Woman Who Whipped Four Lions. From the Salt Lake Tribune. One evening last week a herd of Angora goats, which are being herded by Miss Teresa Tallert, on Little Lost river, Idaho, came home early and rushed for the corral, a heavy log concern, eight fect high. They were shut in and a search toward the foothills developed no cause for their alarm. In the night Miss Tallert was aroused by her dog whining at her ear, and get- Seg up saw some wild is in the corral. She went in and saw mountain lions, and without @ moment's tation attacked with an axe. Two of the lions jumped the corral and fled; the othertwo rushed toward her, after the goats. She dealt one a blow with the axe, laying its back open to the bone. Then both fled. The next morning fifty of the valu- able goats were found dead and thirty wounded, and fourteen of the latter died afterward. Ani now the ranchers on river are all crazy over Miss Tallert. ————_ee—_ ‘The Creole Girl as She Is. ‘From the Argonaut, ‘Who has not heard rhapsodica) descriptions ofthe Creole girl given by hard-breathing and thick-lipped enthusiaste—her voluptuous figure} heavy-lidded and languishing eyes, dark hair and olive and oval face, which she carries about in a please+some-one-love-me expression? Don’t dream about her any more. Come and see her. Look at her as she slouches out of a doorway, in a calico wrapper, the pattern and color 0! which long ago ceased to be obvious, and dra; herself’ tothe adjoining houss to gossip with another beauty. Mark how the heels of her slippers have been vigorously “run down” till there is no after-section at all to ak of, and then follow the squat ire The face is up to the head, alweysan invert Ene bat sel- | > S How Many Men Did Lee Surrender? ‘From the New York sun. During the celebration of the southern memo- rial day at Augusta, last Monday, the Confed- erate Survivors’ Association passed resolutions of sympathy for Gen. Grant in his severe {ll- ness, referring to him as follows: bering him now as the generous vie tor who, at the ever memorable meeting at Ap- pomattox, to our immortal Lee and to the glorions 8,000 veterans, the surviving heroes of Army of Northern Virginia on the 9th day of April,'1865, conceded liberal and magnani- mous terms of surrender.” This resolution may perpetuate an errone- ous impression, See Gat arising from an inexact statement. Not jong after the cap- ituli at Appomattox, an account of the scene described the remnant of Lee's army a8 containing only about eight thousand men arms in their hands. TT. ertain calculation was reached, and how nearly correct it is, might requre very labor fous “Investigation. It Is possible, to. begin with, that some soldiers who had used their Weapons well during the long struggle may have thrown them aside, as they could easi do in that thickly wooded country, when. th learned that the army was to be surrendere and that the war was doubtless over. hi time, too, many men were untit f y exactly how many muskets Lee could ha: into line, had a violation of the pledges ca ® sudden recourse to arms, must be 2 matte speculation, But the question how many survivors of the Army of Northern Virginia accepted the terms eee at Appomattax is entirely different. he wounded and the sick were paroled no less, than those fit forduty. The stragglers and the detachments ont in search of food and forage Were, no doubt, called in for the purpose. All thesé were eskentially among the surviving troops who surrendered with Lee, and within the language of the Augusta resolution. The official records of the War department contain statistics of the number of officers and enlisted men paroled on that occasion. A very noteworthy compilation of these statistics is the comparatively recent one of the late Gen, A. A. Humphreys, who commanded the Second Corps of the Army of the Potomac at the time of the surrender, and before that was chief of staff of thatarmy,. His results are as follows: Officers. © Men. Lee and staff. 5 itreet’s cor} : 494 The detachments here spoken of included 2,862 odds and ends of troops, the provost guard, the Ped nariors cavalry escort, @ part of the navy battalion, and some civilian employes. With them, the aggregate paroled, according to these figures, was 28,366; without them, 26,707. erhaps further light may be thrown on the matter by observing the statistics of the cam- palgn preceding the surrender. The series of inal movements began toward the end of March, 1865. The poning report of the Ai of Northern Virginia for February 20, 1 1 whieh is the latest to be found among the con: | federate archives in the War departm | gives, as clted by Gen. Humphreys, these re’ sulta: Longstreet’s (first) cor Gordon's (second) corps. ‘HIM's (third) corps. Anderson's corp: ‘Totals. Cavalry—W. H. F. Cavalry —Fitz Lee ‘Totals. Field artitlery—Pendleton. This would give an in: 42,464 officers and men, a caval 6.041, and an artillery xgeregate of 5,39 The grand aggregate would he 18 phreys says that in addition Wise’s b ‘Was present on the 29th of March, ‘There w heavy artillery troops, naval forces, and Richmond local forces properly not included in | this field report. The Army of the Potomac, | Army of the James, und Sheridan's cavalry i gregated a force between two and three times strong, or about 125,000 officers und men. he confederate losses in the attack on the Union right at Fort Steadman, and the co- operative operations of Mareh 25th, with which the fortnight’s spring campaign opened, were, | according to Humphreys, nearly 4,000, in: | cluding 1,949 prisoners. A very much gréater | loss_was Suffered in the decisive operations at | Five Forks and Petersburg, on April Ist and | AtSallor’s Creek, in the ‘retreat from Rieh- | mond, the contederate loss was about 6,000, | Taking all the final operations together, it would be easy to find more than 20,000 killed, | wounded or prisoners, to be deducted from. the | returns of February 20th as confederate cas- | ualties of the campaign. But besides, there | was great loss fromthe hardships of the re- | treat.” Gen. Ewell, in speaking of the bat- | tle at Sailor's Creek, said that his corps had lost half its numbers since leaving Richmond by the fatigue of four days’ and nights’ almost constant marching, the last two days with nothing to eat, Here we gel, probably, the real source of the discrepancies in the impressions as to the num- ber of men who surrendered. With the terrible | losses from exhaustion as well as battle, no | doubt Lee's available strength in muskets at Appomattox, to put immediately into line of | battle, was very small—so small that there can be no adverse criticism on his conduct in sur- render. Sut the number of troops who actually took advantage of the capitulation and were paroled was no doubt much greater, as the sta- tics Just cited would indicate, . Manners and Men. From Short Stadies by H. N. Oxenham. “Manners maketh man,” according to the proverb, Manners make wealthy physicians and Influential bishops in very sober fact. Who are they that enjoy the largest practice and t) highest reputation for medical skill, whose word is law to a whole host of dyspeptic dow- agers and anxious mothers, whose visits are | regarded as a favor and their saloons thronged by a crowd of expectant votaries, and who suck thereout no small advantage? Not always the men who have most completely mastered the secrets of medical science or who have cured the moet umber of their patients. Few le inquire or care about that. The velvet the unctuous pressure of the hand, the silvery intonation, the sympathetic yet reassuring smile, these are the infallible pass- ris to many hearts, and, what is more, Many pockets. The Job's comforter who insists with obtrusive honesty on telling dis- agreeable truths, who pronounces with mer- ciless fidelity the death warrant of the patient whoin no human skill can save, and Tefuses to be fee’d by the interesting hypochon- driac who likes to combine the luxury of vale- tudinarianism with the luxury of health, will too often at best be treated with cold respect. He will not be trusted oremployed. Far other {s the lot of the pompous sclolist, who knows, in a different sense from the apostles, how to be come all things to all men,and more especially to'all women, His cures, Where any cure was needed, will be few. But he can whisper bland nothings Into the doti mother’s ear, as he suggests some new remedy, as futile as the last, to mock the last agonies of her dying child. He is never at a loss when all is over to account for his skill being baftied by circumstances over which he had no control. The case was excep tional, or he was called in too late; and in the meantime, by the chronic treatment of imagin- ary ailments, he has won his income and his name. We have heard of a physician receiving 15 guineas each time for a visit, repeated every other day for years, his only real business being tocondole in a professional manner with the wife of his ostensible patient, who was a hope- less invalid, ~—_——_—+0e____ ‘The Happy Land of Japan. Tokio Letter in Chicago News. There is aremarkable absence of pauperism in this country. The rich men are few and far between—that is, counting riches as we count riches in America—but a man with an income CS eed @ year is considered a wealthy man, and @ peasant or farmer who. has $100 laid by for “a rainy day” is ranked almost among the capitalists of his district, In all the empire it is estimated that there are less than ten thousand paupere—a wonderful record for a population of 37,000,000. Not to make com- parisons—which Mra. ington says are rou have at least ten pauper in Illinois. Perhaps your will begia to think I am falling into cent session of the Arkansas legislature, “ point, | The if you can, to a single act out of the , | dom beautiful. Almost invariabl: mouth Serr siahe tee apes cre | tite ae can ret ht, a ae : " 6 eyes dark and the skin is and Gaerne > aay, og covered with ltlaid streaks of . She is clever thou; " talk aril angler’ paper speaks of the ot | End offen very bright, and Liss the eee tee bat the toot ut stream may shrink, | of honor as her lackadaiscal sister has on the sd) increases iu weight, Aner elng semkorad | giber side cttown. in this reepect the girl of iow ‘e—the; wi never from the stream by an angler.—N Her- brook familarity from a comparative stranger, eir street manners severe ant ir A noted poem by George Eliot commenced ry highest degree. Once the ice is broken, Bath the line “O may I join thecholr inviaible.” | however, they rush to ® finish at headlong She had seen gouge of quarreling and | speed. ‘tomen to whom they have not been fie cna counteract on Seong st hipped Sy rushing, inp ing and o2 the other end.—New Orleans Pleayit ? edlba esthes “Traver’s latest” has now been trayelin; about the clubs quite lo: h to the obras cats aut agtemeeh cc btomua trotting wagon toast tn The ee statesman looked lo get in, ie I from the skeleton wheels to the narrow a on the id after @ careful surrey of tbe vehicl bf that trap of vers, you The Sobbing Texas Wrens, ¥rom the New York Dawn. A stranger in the little cities of southwestern Texas ts often awakened at early dawn by the beautiful but sorrowful song of the house of sobbing wren. If the the tinkling of silver from. sweet tial one fee suddenly ike s child, the song may find it difficult to pods eae Seat eee tmes. Then the hey know they are i fustve even in publie = Two Can Ride on One 1,000-Mile Ticket. From the Charleston News. ticket. The conductor refused to allow but one of them to ride on the ticket, saying that while it could be issued to two or more sagas mee files from Wale he would sue authorities offered to compromise. ‘fbr ran nop and Mr. Howes came 98 $1,000 better iis walk, four miles to ‘adesborough, netted Just $250 per mile. An A Jadge. s ane ® msn to seven years ir Xe said be “tau ‘satinied ES ranraieasic bie eat the habit—a habit as old as the days of Shakes- are—of travelers who praise everything in foreign lands and, depreciate everything’ in theirown. There isa tendency in that direc- tion when one compares the social Iife, the hay piniess and contentment of all classes here wi the relative conditions which prevail in Amer- ica. Tam not to missions or mission- | Who succeeds in. tinding him. opposed aries, but I honestly believe that enlightened Tapaneso missionaries could do Tuohy ‘good in America, ——_—__+e+______ Children to Name Themselves. A farmer from the State of Kansas, who is now in New York on a visit to relatives and friends, 1s the proud father of twelve children. He says he has bestowed names upon the six oldest bi other_six are as yet Sauciges Gril ate dactioaint annl aistiegntaon by coi The idea of this rather novel yw the children, when is to allo’ piped The Planets in May. INCIDENTS THAT MARK THE MARCH OF THE PLANETS DURING THE MONTH. From the Providence Journal. Venus will commence to run her course as evening star on the 4th, when, at midnight, an event occurs in her career that gives her a prominent place on the annals of the month, She fs in superior conjunction with the sun, passing beyond the sun, making her advent on hiseastern-side, clinging closely to him for a time, and hiding herself im his brilliant rays. As the weeks roll on, she will emerge from her seclnsion, shine with fitful glow in the golden twillght, and before the summer wanes will be the loveliest object in the western evening sky, Nhile winter will commence in earnest before she r. the stars ean gaze un- Moved npon this beantiful planet as likeagolden: bead strung on an invisible wire, she osetiates eastward from the sun until her goal is reached on the 8th of December, and then retraces her steps towards the great orb to whom she. is linked by chains lighter than gossimer, but in- destructible as th: the 11th. Venus m is in conjunction witn } ward from the sun, Neptune at noonday on the 13th isin conjune- tion with the sun, passing to the sun's western side, and commencing his course as morning star. He is the first of the giant planets to reach the goal, though the other members of the quar- tet will follow his example in due time. tune is in conjunction with Venus on the 11 Jupiter is evening star throughout the month. His course is marked by an interesting event. On the 17th, at 10 o'clock in the morning, he is in quadrature on the sun's eastern side. Jup!- ter in quadrature is almost as impressive as Jupiter in opposition; for, as the sun sinks be- low the western horizon, this superb holds his court In the ‘zenith, heaven is a fitting place for the most dis- tinguished member of the sun's family, who though three months after opposition still re- tains the golden luster, the large proportionsand the beaming aspect that distinguished him on is nearest approach to the earth. Mercury is morning star, and may be visible to the naked eve under the best conditions of wind and weather, for the present is the first of the three times in’ the year when there is any prospect of his being visible to the naked eye as morning star. ‘The observer must be keen-eyed He rises on'the h, about an hour before the sun, and nine degrees south of the sunrise point. On the 13th aud on the 30th he is in conjunction with Mara. Mars is morning star, and is near Mereury during the whole month, Si isevening star. He is now a conspic- uous object in the western sky, but at the close of the month will be too near ‘the sun to be of much account, Uranus Is evening star. month Venus, material universe itself. On stward from the sun ptune, moving west- Atthe close of the turn, Jupiter and Uranus are eptune, Mercury and Mars are moon fulls on the 28th, at 31 min- three o'clock in the evening. The moon speeds on her course without meeting asingle planet until the 12th, when she is in conjunction with Mars, and’ in conjunetion with Mercury four minutes later, passing 22’ north. She is in conjunction with Neptune on the 14th, about three hours before new moon, nd with Venus, on the same day, three hours after new moon. On the 16th she is at her nearest point to Saturn, on the 20th to Jupiter and on the 23d to Ura being 1° 11’ south. ‘The close conjunction with Mercury on the 12th is an occultation to observers more favorably situated and so Is the eo tion of Uranus that takes place here on th ‘an occultation to observers at the right points in the 1ar south, Thus our brothers and sisters, the planets, and our satellite, the moon, present charming and varied aspects during the month of May. We haye on the records the superior eonjunc- tion of Venus, the conjunction of Neptune, the quadrature of Jupiter, and_ the western elonga- tion of Mercury, in which the great central orb is the chic? actor, We have also the conjune- tion of Venus and Neptune, and two conjune- tions of Mercury and Mars, wherein planet meets planet on the celestial'road. ‘The moon is not behind-hand in contributing her part to the celestial exhit her ponderous sphe: planets in turn.sh for the telescopic de tunately situated th from this belt of th n_ those who look upward arth’s territory. Alikhanof’s Adventares, From a Meshed er to the London Daily News. The principal performer in these Russian ad- vances, more particularly on the Murghab, is Col, Alikhanoff, now governor of Merv. He is &man of some reputation, at least he ts well known in the Caucasus and in the Transeaspian district. He is likely to be heard of in connec- tion with future events in Central Asia. The name he bears fs Mohammedan, but Russtan- ized. It is AH Khan. General report says he belongs to Daghestan, which was Schamyl’s assia, and that his parents were t Tiflis he received his edu- tered the army, Some time go, from being involved in a quarrel, which either ended ina duel or would have led to an tof that sort,he was reduced in rank. After the taking of’ Geok Teppe he, two officers in disguise as traders, and shortly after he had c which occupied that pl without fighting. This service brought Alik- hanoff back into favor, and his former ranit was restored. He was made governor of Merv, and iis from that point that he has been s0 active lately among the Turcomans on the Marghab, He has shown himself tobe bold, daring and indefatigable. Alikhanoff is the fitting man to keep a frontier in a ferment, and he has already in this line of proved his Sapacity action, When Sir Peter tmsden visited Sarulkhs in November Alikhanc crossed from the Ru: n side, and rode through the skirts of the camp of the English commission. This was done in a very defiant style. Aman carried a white s d before him, such as is borne be- fore ehie: nd persons of rank and position, dan escort of Merv Tekkes followed. In’ doing this be had passed from Russian to Persian soil, but he Knew that noone could or would object, and that the piece of bravado could be done with impunity. It has to be recorded that he did notreturn to the Russian camp quite in sogrand and dignified a styleas he came, for his horse stumbied, throwing the rider, whose lower garment got torn, and in such a manner that his appearance was not presentable, and - this condition he had to beat hurried re- reat. When you go into an American hotel, you know, a boy takes your baggage at the door, the clerk embraces you at the counter, brushes whisk, and attendants dance around yon till It seems as ifthe whole establishment had been eagerly expecting you for a week. Now when you go into an English hotel it 1s different. 4 You tug and twist and shoulder-heave at the door awhile, untilat. last you worry it open and drag yourself and your baggage in by paln- ful degrees against the protest of an inhospita- ble spring that has been cunningly contrived somewhere to keep you ont. Then you set down your things in @ narrow. private sort of an eniry with the teeling of a burglar awalting an arrest, and wipe off your forehead and look over the ground. There are no signs, no bells, no anything, You stamp and cough’and rattle around fora while, and by-and-by the commo- tion wakes up somebody in the rear of the house, who opens the door and peers through, This 1s your oportunity. If youare affable, and persistent, and plausible, and state your case with respectful urgency, this person (nsually 3 female), after some preliminary examination, will disappear, and come ‘back in timée with another and higher functionary (also a female), who examines you in the higher branches, and may end, under favorable con- ion, with your admission.—Correspondence Detroit Free Press, ——— _+99__ The Chloroform Habit. A new vice appears to be in course of devel- opment, according to certain physicians, who write that the “chloroform habit” is, to thelr knowledge, becoming prevalent to an extent scarcely known outside of the profession and the life Insurance com; ies. In a recent issue of the Medical Record, Dr. A. G. Brow: men- tions several cases, one only of which, through early medical interference, was known to have been cured. The mental condition of @ con- firmed chloroformist is stated to be miserable, and the physical state loa The nat maudlin drank on the meanest whisky is a prince in comparison, Every physi- ological function down in the wreck, and but a shadow is left for sepulture. In nearly every instance known to Dr. Browning the chloroform habit has developed in individuals who eome of a line of drinkers more or less re- mote, and has seemed to replace the appetite for drink. ——_—_—_+-e+_______ MANY VICTIMS OF THE PLYMOUTH SCOURGE.— ‘The death-roll at Plymouth, Pa.. Monday was the highest since the outbreak of the epidemic, Eleven deaths were reported up to 5 p.m. The funeral of five victims of the scourge took place yesterday. A large number of persons are now seriously ill and lying at the point of death, UNVEILING THE Por MEMoRIAL.—' thousand le witnessed the unveiling of the Poe memorial in the main hall Fed pls itan Museum of Art, in Central lew afte: marble figure, wreath over A Lone Istaxp GIRL Deams, the adopted dau Deams, of Winfleld, L._1., w from her home since has been abducted, reasest distance from | Be School Savings Banks. FWo HUNDRED LONG ISLAND CITY PUPILS WHO HAVE REAL BANK Books. ‘From the N. Y. Sun. Mr. Thiry, who has been 4 school commission- er of the third ward of Long Island city for few months, came from France about thirty yearsago. He isan enthusiast in matters of education, Lately he instituted in the schools of his ward penny savings banks. Banks of this kind originated in France, but they are now in successful in many of the schools of Belgium and England. Deposits of from one to ten cents are received by the teacher of each class every Monday morning. When the roll is called each pupil deciares how much he has to save, if anything, and these amounts are hand ed to the teacher, who delivers the total thus collected to the principal, who deposits it the sume day in the city savings bank. When a pupil's deposits amount to 25 cents, he or she is entitied to a bank book from the bank. amounts on the bank beoks are then drawn from the general deposit made In the name of the principal. All the books of the pupils are kept by the principal, who may them to the pupils once a inonth to their parents. At the beginning fevery the teacher adds up the deposits o. every pupil, and in case they exceed 25 cents, he deposits the even 25 cents at the savings bank, but keeps the surplus over 25 cents on the register of the school savings bank. When a pupil leaves the school the bank book is handed over to him and he cavnot withdraw his mon without the presence of his father or mother and also the consent of the principal, who may have reasons to believe that the parents want the money for themselves, in which case he must withhold his consent. The whole svstem is man: Successfully by the use of blank cards for the pupils and the school register, The system was in five weeks ago and $120 haa been saved by about 400 pupils. About 200 already have bank books. Commis- sioner Thiry was found the other day working ong his grape vines, In speaking of his new school project he said: “Eeonomy must be t toour children like any other virtue, by causing it to be practiced. A man must learn to save when he is young of he never will learn. Children are the best agents of social reform, and a habit of saving will be the means of their success in later years. The money which boys and girls spend in trifies, as candies and toy pistols, is a great stream of wealth which can be saved, It is only the intellect of the young that our public edu- cators are expected to develop, but they ought also to encourage habits of thrift and industry. More skill is required to keep a dollar than to make it. Future laborers especially piust learn the great Importance of small savings. If laborers knew better how to save what they get there would be less socialism and nonsense afloat. We may, I think, be able, it this custom ihtroduced into this country In the right way, to help reduce crime and pau- rism. I think all the schools in Long nd Dity will adopt the system ina few ks, Pupils are pleased with the idea and save ali they can, To the one who saves the most at the end of the term I have promised one of these fine Catawba grape vines.” Mr. Kelly's Health. From the New York Star, May 34. Mr. John Kelly, accompanied by Mrs, Kelly and Judge John J. Gorman, left the city on Thursday for Clifton Springs. For the last three weeks Mr. Kelly's health hax visibly im- proved. He sleeps regularly, without the aid of narcotics, and his appetite was never better than now. He does not proj to return to town until after the warm weather, when he will certainly resume his seat as chairman of ahead on organization in Tammany ————-+e+____ Accused of Embezzlement, AN EX-LAND OFFICE RECEIVER ARRESTED IN 5 CHICAGO, Howard 8, Lovejoy was the receiver of the land office at Niobrara, Neb., up to the fall of 1882, and was then removed from office for irregularities. His bonds at the time were for $110,000. His books were found to beina very bad condition and the funds were short. Lovejoy disappeared. Some time ago an indictment was received by al Jones, of Chicago, which charged Love- joy with embezzling $12,000 while he was a public official, With the indictment word was received that Lovejoy was in Chicago, aud on Saturday Deputy Marshal Hayes arrested him at a saloon on State street, in that city, where he was a roustabout. Lovejoy says that while he was in office he attended too much to poli- tes, and was around the state attending politi- cal conventions and meetings,leaving the office in charge of the deputy receiver and his son, After he was removed from office for this reason he tried to x up his books and get them straightened out. One ot his bondsinen got nervous and threatened toarrest him, and so he lett. He drove to Yankton and there placed $15,000 in the United States depository and then left, believing that when his books were straightened out his difference would be less than $1,000, Had he desired he could have made away with tbe $15,000. ———es— Cholmondeley business, and has had all the names of the parties concerned expunged from “the list,” and forbidden the levee, drawing- room and hall. The Cholmondeley came close to her, the marquis, father of the lady who con- veyed the letters from a married man to a foungeirl, and admitted “that she thought she ad done Very wrong,” being joint hereditary rand chamberlain nyland, As for the ‘itzhardings, they have always been a measly Jot. One of them was muleted in a large amount in an action by the beautiful actress, Miss Foote, for desertion under very less clroum: stances, and Berkeley castle is said to have held as many ruined maidens of late years within its walls as in the days when Scott pictured it asthe Castle of Front de Boouf. Miss Sumner, the heroine of this dark story, who clings with fond tenacity to her elderiy married lover, Is a beautiful and accom) yery girl, and is styled in Gloucestershire Diana Vernon, from the gallant way in which she across icoun- try. On the top of all this comes the Fitz George Arkwright scandal, of which we gave some ink- ling, but which has now come out in full de tall, showing the son of the Duke of Cambridge as having = in a very heartless way the confidence of a brother officer. A Queer Town. Bill Arp in the Atlanta Constitution. Texarkana isa novelty. I never knew until now where its long curious name came from, Texas and Arkansas, and it is all right, for the state tine splits the town in two, This line does notrun with the streets, but diagonally and right through business houses and pri- vate residences, so that when the merchant is behind his counter in Texas his customers are in Arkansas, I thought that there would be some conflict of laws, and there is some—es- pecially about crimé—but these people all unite in everything for the good of Texar- kana, and the criminals can't dodge over the line to do any good. They have extradition laws of theirown, not state laws, nor munici- pal laws, but the inws of custom’ and self-pro- tion. When a man skips over the line the officers of that side shove him back, law or no | law, If he wants tosue for kidnapping he can't find a respectable lawyer to take his case; public opinion is against it, and.sohe has to submit. They have a douole city government, two mayors and two marshals, but there is no or conflict and no jealousy. Well, I be- Neve that the people on the Texas side are a | little more airy aud consequential that those over the Arkansaw line—for a Texan is—well, he ts Just a Texan, and that means a deal. They are not only proud of living in their state, but they are sorry for those who don’t. They look upon all rest of us as unfortunates. The time was when they invited immigration, but they have ceased to feel concern about thal now, tor the ery is “still they come.” They give cordial welcome to all, but they hint that after awhile they may take a vote as to whether a foreigner may come or not. ——— eee. On & western train a number of passengers sought to while away the tedious hours with a game of poker. The game ran along for several hours, a man dropping out occasionally and an- other taking his place, but two of the players stuck to their posts from first to last. There seemed to be rivalry between them and, in a the other players, they de- attention almost entirely to each other ae retired and ts. ‘The stakes became larger and the work keener and mill- “Stranger,” he said finally, “I’m to quit while Tye got astake lett. ‘may Lisueke oho are’ 7*.Gertainly,” replied the other. “I am Colonel g i te fi ein a Reeser i £ HOW PENIDEH WAS CAPTURED, Am Eye Witness’ Accommt.of the Raw sian Attack on the Afghans. SUMLA, May 4.—Fve witnesses ot the Penjdeh affair say that on March 29th Tulb Salagethe Afghan commander, received Gen. ultimatum, in substance that unless the AG ghans retired from the left bank of the Kushk and right bank of the Murghab before the even- ing of that date, the Russians would drive them out, Capt. Tate then conferred with Col, Zach- arevski, as already reported, The same night Taib Salar, after consulting with the British officers, declined to evacuate the positions referred to, but offered to consider reasonable proposals regarding pickets and out- posts. Gen, Komaroff made no answer tothe offer, and next morning. during a rainfall ac companied by heavy mist, the Russians ad- v the Tareoman cavalry hegrt= dey’ fired ‘gthe Atchans down in fur muzzle loaders and foobly, while two guna, to the Russtan artillery, jen and untordable, The oniy means of retroat was by the Puke Khisti bridge. seven feet wide. The Cossacks swept forward on the left Mank of the A\ and the Russian infantry charged thelr im trenchments and carried them at the point of the bayonet, killing hundreds of the defenders, who resisted bravely. Al the first shot the Rritish officers, who were flve miles south of Ak-Tapa, hurried to the spot and met the Afghans in full retreat, both from Ak-Tapa. and Pul--Khisti, Col.” Alikhanoff, with. a strong escort, erossed the bridge and occupied the Afghan military — governor's but no pursuit was made, Col, Aliikha ordered his Sarak Turcomans to attack Capt, Yate's party, which arrived during the Afghan - Capt. Yate asked Col. Zacharevski for an interview, and requested that troops be sent to guard the British camp, No answer was iven . Some Tekke Turcomans Wppeat he Saruk Turco- with Capt. Yate, urged a retreat, The tish retired under the escort of the Saruk fs. Talh Salar was badly wounded. ‘The ore der ring the news of the h was given to Col, ch 27th. see Merat._ Charles Marvin, in “The Russians at the Gatovof era.” Mare Tt tsone of the oldest cities of the East and ee one of the richest, To use the word of he city has been fifty y times destroyed, and fifty from Its ashes.” Six hundred 1 sixty years ago It contained, according te p00 retail shops, 6,000 public baths, caravanserais and water. mills, 350 school and monastic Institutions,and 144,000 occupied houses, and was yearly visit- ed by caravans from all parts of As generals and eralsof Russia value E rat, not solely on account of the city, bul on ac count of the resources of the district’In which it is situated—resources in corn and beet, which, if swept into any point of the Herat district rily to Herat itself, would feed of at least 100,000 men and sustain ‘them during the ‘final advance upon India; It is this great ee ey ground, and he town of Herat, that 1s, the Ki Herat 100 miles to miles to Kusan on the aline be drawn south of urrah, a second west 70 Persian froutier, and‘ @ third 120 miles north, behind the points ocen- pied by the Russians, a rough idea may be formed of a distri as fertile as Englan throughout, and px ing cuarvelous ealaesat resources, "This is the camping ground, this is the place ofarms, which Russia wants, inorder that she may be always able to threaten India, There is ne ‘h camping ground any’ between the Casplan and Herat, and none again between Heratand India. Henee, not without reason, have the ablest generals of England = Russia designated the district the Key of India. eral MacGregor put this plainly enough in his “Khorassan,” in1873: “From the fort attached to the village J bad a fine view of the valiey of Herat, which stretch tion but the south, one ea of y verdant trees. Without going aurther it was easy to see the value of Herat to any. power with intentions on India, and to recognize the Justice of the dictum which termed it the gate of India. Just as in the minor operations of the capture of a city the wise mander will give his troops a bre: cir gatulng the outer defenses, so must eve neral coming from. the ‘west rest his men awhile in this valley, And no better place could be found for this purpose; abundance of beautiful water, quan- tit eat and barley and rice, endless », EOE alley the most apt place tering the desolate country and Candahar. a hi betw Lures tbe Asitsdainty petals pec Rousing from their winter's sleep © Welcoming the vernal day Bright arrayed. Bids che then her lover hie To the de ‘Yet he tramps the woodland through All the day, Bearching ‘neath each spreading tree; But not a blossom cau he see, And be swears it never grew, Anyway, Home at even he takes his way With a curse, But the maiden: 1 Don't converse, a oe Behavior of a Rejected Lover. From the London Standard. The situation ofa man who hasbeen “winged’ is much better than that of a girl under the same circumstances. At first he takes it very hard. He rails against mariage, sneers at women in general, and becomes for the time being a second Diogenes. Ere many months have elapsed he emerges from bis tub and his sulk; “in y fit. He now begins to reulize that he is resting.” halo of romance encircles others may bear away the palm in Mtera- ture, science, or art, bat there are some kind souls by whom the dejected hero is at once laced on a pedestal, owing to the mere fact of Ris having been badly treated ‘by ‘one of ther “Poor Edwin | so clever, so amusing, says Angelina to her- self. She at once sets to work to repair the dain- age done by the unappreciative rival, It is her pleasing task to guide the wounded spirit through the successive stages of pique, cyni- chm, desire for sympathy. and platonic friend~ ship; until Edwin fs gently irmiy led tothe altar before he well knows where he js, Some- times, however, the young man is too wide awake for this, and while making a very good Uhing out of his broken heart, he prefers confid- ing his sorrows to more than pue Angelina, ai Sa deftly “sheering off” when pity isbocoming in- conveniently like love. Thus one int ment may prove a foundation for many. firta- tions, and Edwin les himself, and is con- 80] ‘an ever-varying jon of good Sa- 5 ‘good maritans, till at lust he really forgets how it all began, who jilted him and whom he jilted. He has the proiid satisfaction of feeling that he hag amply avenged his wrongs by the number of blighted beings whom he has “winged” in his turn, continues his triumphal until it is brought to a close by a well-dowered widow in “the roaring forties,” from whom he fails to escape, and finally settles down to “peace with honor’, and a comfortable incom: wlohe qed Type-Writing Black mailers, T0 BE THROWN OUT OF OCCUPATION BY AN ASSOCIATION TO EMPLOY THE WORTHY, New York Correspondence of the Pittsburg Dispatch The Women's Christian association has gation of the character of each applicant is promised so chat the employer may know in every instance something about her antece- dents, This move is a result of an evil which has suddenly become a one in New York, Inspector head de tectives of women we been taken into the offices of la brokers, merchants and others since the writing machine into ral are necessarily educated and bright. yt them are of it in this field find to before. pure te ly i 3 t Ht ’